Box-opener.



SCOTT STEWART, OF FAIRMONT, WEST of which' the fo ation provided elevation tionI I lid and -the box body To'all whom it may concern:-

UMTED sTAr-rs- PATENT onirica SCOTT STEWART, ERNEST T. CRIISLIP,

MONT, WEST VIRGINIA- Beit known that I, Sco'rr STEWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmont, in the county of Marion and State of .West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Openers,

lowing is a specification.' My invention relates to box openers, and partlcularl contemplates the provision ofa sim le an inexpensive device 'to be carried wit and form parir of a box to be used for raising the 4lid in' 'case the same becomes stuck. My invention further resides in the features of construction, arrangement and operas .will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals are used to designate like arts throughout the several figures, and in w ich,

Figure 1 isa perspective view of a box with my improvement, Fig. 2- is an of the box in the closed position, illustrating my im rovements, Fig. 3 is a similar view showing t e box after being opened, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my improved box opening lever detached. v

Referring to the drawings, B represents the box body, which for convenience of illustration is shown substantially circular, but which may be of any shape, and A represents the lid thereof.

In the practical embodiment of my invenrovide a lever 1, comprising a fiattened e ongated plate 2, ada tedto iit within the 'lidA of thev box and to ie between said an, angular handle plece 3 extending atfsub- -stantially right. 4angles-therefrom, andro- 40. *.A,

'ecting outwardly from beneath said l he plate 2 is attached to and carried by the lid A of the box byv meansfofv its'ton'gue 4, folded back thereonyanfiadapted to be en iged'througiran opening--5 in said lid A. 451' e leverl 1 urther comprises ari-engaging Specification of Lettera Patent. AppllctiOn l-ed lay 18, 1907. Serial N0. 373,957.

; v carried therebetween,

B, and provided with' extending outwardly,

VIRGINIA" -YSSIGNOR TO ELLIS A. BILIJINGSLEA, SAMUEIi-I .f NES` AND MORRIS J. LANTZ, OF FAIR- BOX-OPENER.

-, Patented April 7, 190s.v

to engage the edge of the box body B when Vthe lid is forced thereon.

The operation of my it being supposed that the box and its lid have been assembled as shown in Fig. 2: To open the box, the o erator presses downwardly u on the han le piece 3, thus swinging the liever down on lts ivot upon the inner face of vthe box lid K, and slidably pressing the lip 6 downwardly against the edge of the box body B, as an intermediate pivot', thereby forcing the lid upward and awa from said body, as shown in Fig. 3. Hving thus fully described my invention I claim:

l.. The combination with a box body and itslid, of a lever adapted to be permanently provided intermediate its ends with a ,ortlon extending downwardly over the edpge of said box ing a pivot with said'lever, said lever being ivota ly secured at one end upon the inner ace of said lid, and having a suitable handle piece at .lits opposite end extending outwardly, beneat and beyond said lid, substantially as described. Y' r 2. vThe combination with a its lid provided with an opening in the iiange thereo ofa lever adapted to be permanently carried therebetween, provided intermediate 'its ends with a portion extending downwardly `over the edge of said box body and forming a pivot for said lever, said lever being provided with an extending tongue at one end'adapted to be box body and having a suitablehandle y beneath and beyond the edge of 'said lid substantiallyas described. In testimony whereof aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' i. SCOTT STEWART.

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device -is as follows,

bent rearwardly through said opening` in the flange of the lid, andl v at its opposite endg 

